*Wednesday's Wishes 4*

I really love these crocheted & embroidered pieces which Emily Barletta
did for her show My Biology. A couple of years ago I did a show in which I knitted an umbilical cord [albeit not quite as pretty as these pieces] so it made me smile to see her work!

'when i was 12 years old i suddenly grew a hunchback and then when i was 15 i had a major reconstructive surgery that left me 2 1/2 inches taller and with a straight fused spine that does not bend or curve at all. it also left me with a whole new set of problems. this was about the same time i started making art and it became a way in which i could express this thing that was happening to me. if i had never experienced this, i would still make art but i don’t know what it would look like. i have had other surgeries since then and i’m not sure how this thing works out in the end, but i have good and bad days, and good days that are bad days and bad days that are good days, it gets complicated. so i am always aware of my body and this makes me obsessed with thinking about organs, blood, veins, muscles, cells, and internal biological functions, as well as all sorts of interesting diseases and deformities and medical science that i love to read about and then make imaginary representations of. crocheting and embroidering just turned out to be a meditative art form i could do while in bed where i make almost all of my art.'
Read more about her here